Re: 2013.03-4 archboot "2k13-R1" ISO hybrid images released

Jristz wrote:

/arch/setupthen go to the filesystem partthen go to any part that scan the filesystems searching for RAID,LVM and these stuffthe these stop in scaning RAID devices and never continue

And how did you create your LVM device, is it on USB or internal device?Is it already available when you boot the ISO or do you plug in the usb afterwards?Do you have an encrypted lvm or a mdam raid on it?Does /dev/mapper/yourdevice already exist before you enter setup?I need a way to understand how your system works.

Re: 2013.03-4 archboot "2k13-R1" ISO hybrid images released

I have followed the instructions to boot archboot from EFI and I can boot both the main kernel directly (presumably EFISTUB) and via rEFInd. Both kernels boot, but halt at the stage loading the nouveaufb. This is the error: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34508

I have tried editing the kernel options, adding- maxcpus=1- modeset=0- uvesafb=800x600-16, but none of them helped.

Booting the LTS kernel on the image doesn't seem to work.

I also tried booting archboot without the 'EFI-patches', but the macbook didn't find anything to boot from.

Does anyone have a solution at hand? Should I rebuild the archboot image with the nvidia-module (how?) or is there an easier solution?

Re: 2013.03-4 archboot "2k13-R1" ISO hybrid images released

There is no HowTo about that case, you need to write mkinitcpio hooks for this case and add this to the config files.But I can tell you it will be a lot of RAM you need.Simplest hook would be add_full_dir "/"

Re: 2013.03-4 archboot "2k13-R1" ISO hybrid images released

tpowa wrote:

But I can tell you it will be a lot of RAM you need.

I have lots of RAM available and according to my conky it's almost always 85% unused and I don't even bother to set up swap anymore. With the amount of RAM available in modern computers it wouldn't surprise me at all if becomes de rigueur in the not too distant future to run Linux from RAM with the SSD/HDD being only used for storing the compressed OS and data .

Re: 2013.03-4 archboot "2k13-R1" ISO hybrid images released

I am trying to install arch with archboot on an ACER V5-171 laptop and on an ACER XC600-G1610 set in legacy bios mode. Both computers start the CD and the USB-stick:I see /boot/vmlinuz and /boot/initramfs and then the screen turns black with a white cursor and stays there.I've played with modeset params and some others but to no avail.Standard arch and other distro's work without problems and I can install these.(stick and cd)Any idea where I can start searching to solve the problem?

Re: 2013.03-4 archboot "2k13-R1" ISO hybrid images released

Re: 2013.03-4 archboot "2k13-R1" ISO hybrid images released

To tpowa, yes I did read about and apply the workaround for the screen issues, as I mentioned in my mail.I also searched in the forum but no solution was found for this problem.It seems to be Acer-specific or more precisely the combination with Archboot.Testwise I installed Fedora18 (I'm now writing on this computer) and it works. The USB-sticks and cd's I made work as a doddle on other computers so they are not to question either. Standard arch also works perfectly, both stick and cd.

Re: 2013.03-4 archboot "2k13-R1" ISO hybrid images released

I'm trying to install from a USB stick and get the message asking me to manually mount the source on /src. When I do so, archboot still fails to find the squashfs files although they are clearly in the expected spot (/src/packages/archboot_packages_any.squashfs + /src/packages/archboot_packages_$(uname -m).squashfs) and can be probed from the shell (ls, file, etc.)

Wondering if anyone had a quick fix for this. I've fiddled a bit with the /arch/setup script but not very much. Hoping there's an easy fix already known.